Macron returns to reform
C’est la rentrée. It is the time when France sees the annual migration of its people returning from rural or maritime retreats to the great conurbations. John Egan describes a sense that…
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The European project – always a work in progress
On almost every indicator that counts, Europe is undergoing a significant revival. Polls show Europeans have become more pro-European Union since Britain decided to quit the EU writes Geoff Kitney. Another European…
New data rules for an age of hacking and the hacked
In a new legal landscape fines of up to 4 per cent of global turnover, or €20 million, are on the cards if companies fail to comply, reports James Fitzgerald. In the…
Food is the stuff of life – or death
The management of resources must surely take precedent in government policy and business strategy in the years ahead if we are to avoid muddled thinking and crowded bins, writes James Fitzgerald. Many…
An election result that has done Britain no favours
Global business needs to urgently reassess the likely fallout of the Brexit negotiations and the prospects for Britain once it leaves the EU, analysts, insiders and negotiators told a Sydney conference this…
Complex negotiations to cause business headaches
Farm lobbies in the EU and the UK are already ringing alarm bells about upcoming talks, reports Geoff Kitney. Here is a single example of the complexity facing the UK as it…
Rejecting the future
The United States and Britian have turned inward and away from their places in the international order. Germany and France are preparing to take their place, Geoff Kitney writes. Two great voices…
Love minus zero and probably still no limit
May and Macron are treading diverging paths in the ever-complex Brexit era, writes Geoff Kitney. Two events in recent days have perfectly captured the essence of Brexit and the future of…
The big read: Space race. On your marks, get set … goal?
Not since the Apollo and Sputnik missions has space garnered so much attention — but this time everybody is on board, writes James Fitzgerald. The technological race for space is already blurring…
A future that must also look to the past
It would be consistent with the nationalistic mood of the times if, whatever the outcome of the election, France seeks to tilt the rear view mirror to see its colonial past in…